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Bob Murdoch's 1978-1979 season

Points

NHL#164

Goals

NHL#198

Assists

NHL#131

Plus/minus

NHL#153

Games

83% of 80

Defenceman Bob Murdoch was 31 years old when the 1978-1979 season began, his 9th in the NHL, and played it for Los Angeles Kings och Atlanta Flames. He played 67 of a possible 80 games and scored 8 goals and 23 assists for 31 points, 0.46 points per game. He moved from Los Angeles Kings to Atlanta Flames in January. In the playoffs he played 2 games for 0 points.

Below: the whole season and the playoff run, game by game.

1978-1979Playoffs

Year 1978
48 years ago
Season opener
October 11
Bob Murdoch opens the 1978-1979 season with Los Angeles Kings
LAKLos Angeles Kings
Bob was 31 years old when the 1978-1979 season began. It was his 6th season with the team. His 9th NHL season in all.
- The game
  WSH4–2LAK
  L
  October 11game 1/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
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- The game
  STL2–6LAK
  W
  October 14game 2/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  BOS3–2LAK
  L
  October 18game 3/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  LAK6–4WSH
  W
  October 20game 4/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  LAK4–8MTL
  L
  October 22game 5/80
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BUF0–6LAK
  W
  October 26game 7/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH1–5LAK
  W
  October 28game 8/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
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- November 1978
- The game
  TOR4–2LAK
  L
  November 1game 9/801
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PHI5–3LAK
  L
  November 8game 11/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  MNS1–8LAK
  W
  November 11game 12/802
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +3+/-2SOG
  +2 assists
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- The game
  LAK4–1CHI
  W
  November 12game 13/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  LAK4–2STL
  W
  November 14game 14/80
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  MTL3–6LAK
  W
  November 16game 15/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PIT3–1LAK
  L
  November 18game 16/80
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CHI3–4LAK
  W
  November 20game 17/80
  His night
  +2P+1G+1A
  +1+/-1SOG
  +2 points
  View the game
- The game
  DET3–3LAK
  November 22game 18/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-4SOG
  View the game
- The game
  LAK4–1MNS
  W
  November 25game 19/802
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  LAK2–4DET
  L
  November 26game 20/802
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  November 26
  1/4 into the season
  Game 20 of 8018 of 20 played
  8
  points
  NHL#167
  2
  goals
  NHL#186
  6
  assists
  NHL#133
  +2
  +/-
  NHL#43
  LAK
  10-9-0W-L-OT21Points
  9th in the whole NHL
- The game
  NYI5–5LAK
  November 29game 21/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
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- December 1978
- The game
  DET2–5LAK
  W
  December 2game 22/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-0SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  WSH2–10LAK
  W
  December 4game 23/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +4+/-7SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  LAK0–4MNS
  L
  December 6game 24/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
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- The game
  LAK3–3BUF
  December 7game 25/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -2+/-2SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
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- The game
  AFM1–5LAK
  W
  December 9game 26/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  LAK5–5NYI
  December 12game 27/802
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-4SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  LAK7–8NYR
  L
  December 13game 28/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-2SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  MTL5–2LAK
  L
  December 16game 29/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  LAK2–2CLR
  December 19game 30/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PIT4–1LAK
  L
  December 21game 31/80
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  LAK0–2VAN
  L
  December 23game 32/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-4SOG
  View the game
- The game
  LAK2–5PIT
  L
  December 27game 33/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  LAK3–3MTL
  December 28game 34/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- Checkpoint
  December 28
  1/2 into the season
  Game 40 of 8032 of 40 played
  15
  points
  NHL#169
  3
  goals
  NHL#214
  12
  assists
  NHL#132
  0
  +/-
  NHL#63
  LAK
  17-17-0W-L-OT40Points
  8th in the whole NHL
Year 1979
47 years ago
- The game
  CHI1–6AFM
  W
  January 19game 46/80
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  AFM4–3DET
  W
  January 20game 47/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  AFM1–3BOS
  L
  January 22game 48/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  AFM0–6MTL
  L
  January 25game 49/80
  His night
  No points
  -4+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  TOR2–4AFM
  W
  January 26game 50/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +1+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
Milestone
Bob Murdoch reaches 500 NHL games
in the game against Toronto Maple Leafs · January 26
- The game
  DET2–7AFM
  W
  January 28game 51/802
  His night
  No points
  +2+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  AFM5–2BUF
  W
  January 31game 52/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- February 1979
- The game
  VAN1–4AFM
  W
  February 1game 53/802
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-2SOG
  View the game
- The game
  CHI4–2AFM
  L
  February 3game 54/80
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  AFM4–7PHI
  L
  February 4game 55/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  AFM4–4CHI
  February 14game 56/80
  His night
  +1P+1G
  0+/-5SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  AFM5–1CLR
  W
  February 17game 57/80
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  AFM6–4STL
  W
  February 18game 58/801
  His night
  +1P+1G
  +2+/-1SOG
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  WSH3–5AFM
  W
  February 20game 59/802
  His night
  +2P+2A
  +2+/-1SOG1PPP
  +2 assists
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- The game
  MNS2–2AFM
  February 23game 60/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-4SOG
  +1 assist
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- Checkpoint
  February 23
  3/4 into the season
  Game 60 of 8047 of 60 played
  23
  points
  NHL#163
  6
  goals
  NHL#191
  17
  assists
  NHL#131
  +7
  +/-
  NHL#39
  AFM
  32-22-0W-L-OT70Points
  Playoff spot
  5th in the whole NHL
- The game
  AFM6–3MNS
  W
  February 24game 61/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  +2+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  AFM6–4TOR
  W
  February 28game 62/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
- March 1979
- The game
  NYI2–3AFM
  W
  March 2game 63/802
  His night
  No points
  0+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  AFM2–4NYI
  L
  March 3game 64/801
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BOS5–7AFM
  W
  March 8game 65/80
  His night
  No points
  +3+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  BUF5–5AFM
  March 10game 66/80
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-1SOG
  +1 assist
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- The game
  AFM4–9BUF
  L
  March 11game 67/80
  His night
  No points
  -3+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  AFM6–4NYR
  W
  March 14game 68/801
  His night
  +3P+1G+2A
  +3+/-6SOG1PPP
  +3 points
  View the game
- The game
  AFM4–5PHI
  L
  March 15game 69/80
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  AFM1–2VAN
  L
  March 18game 70/802
  His night
  +1P+1G
  -1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 goal
  View the game
- The game
  AFM3–4LAK
  L
  March 20game 71/80
  His night
  No points
  -1+/-3SOG
  View the game
- The game
  PHI4–1AFM
  L
  March 23game 72/80
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  STL2–8AFM
  W
  March 25game 73/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  -1+/-1SOG1PPP
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  MTL6–4AFM
  L
  March 27game 74/80
  His night
  No points
  -4+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  LAK3–5AFM
  W
  March 30game 75/80
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-1SOG
  View the game
- April 1979
- The game
  AFM7–2PIT
  W
  April 1game 76/80
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-1SOG
  View the game
- The game
  AFM2–3NYI
  L
  April 3game 77/802
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  AFM3–3NYR
  April 4game 78/801
  His night
  +1P+1A
  0+/-3SOG
  +1 assist
  View the game
- The game
  NYR2–9AFM
  W
  April 6game 79/801
  His night
  No points
  +1+/-0SOG
  View the game
- The game
  AFM2–4PHI
  L
  April 8game 80/80
  His night
  No points
  0+/-0SOG
  View the game
The season in numbers
April 8
Bob Murdoch closes the 1978-1979 season with 31 points
LAKLos Angeles Kings AFMAtlanta Flames
Points
31
NHL#164
Games
67of 80
84%
Goals
8
NHL#198
Assists
23
NHL#131
P/GP
0.46
NHL#176
+/-
+2
NHL#153
Events
500
NHL games
4 i rad
games with a point · 4 pts
2 days later
Playoffs
April 10
Atlanta Flames are in the playoffs
Preliminary round
April 10
Atlanta Flames meet Toronto Maple Leafs
AFMvsTOR
Swedes on Atlanta Flames
No Swedes
Swedes on Toronto Maple Leafs
Börje Salming
View the whole round
- Game 1
  TOR2–1AFM
  L
  April 101
  His night
  No points
  -2+/-2SOG
  View the game
- Toronto Maple Leafslead1–0againstAtlanta Flames
- Game 2
  AFM4–7TOR
  L
  April 121
  His night
  No points
  0+/-1SOG
  View the game
Preliminary round
April 12
Toronto Maple Leafs knock Atlanta Flames out 2–0
AFM0–2TOR
Eliminated
2Games0Points0Goals0Assists

Bob Murdoch opens the 1978-1979 season with Los Angeles Kings

1/4 into the season

1/2 into the season

Bob Murdoch reaches 500 NHL games

3/4 into the season

Bob Murdoch closes the 1978-1979 season with 31 points

Atlanta Flames are in the playoffs

Atlanta Flames meet Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs knock Atlanta Flames out 2–0